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The privileged addict

Removing BS from addiction & recovery… and adding God.

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Recovery = Others, Not Self
It's Okay to Suffer
Recovery = Work
Why Reward Ourselves?
Opposite of Therapy
Talking is Not a Solution
The Ability to Enjoy Less.
Having Horrible Feelings Isn't a Novelty
Really Spiritual Person?
Want God More Than Drugs.
Spirituality Isn't About Rapture
Hitting Bottom & Getting Better
Words are but Dormant Seeds
Stillness, Prayer & Meditation
Leniency Afforded in Therapy
Why Replace God With Methadone?
Psychiatrists Love Problems
The Coffee Pot Is Not a Higher Power
Who Are Amends For?
Lack of Recovery Perpetuates Addiction
God's Will
Visualize Your Mom's Torn Heart
Enabling Makes You Suffer
Shame & Trust Inversely Correlated
We Become What We Want to Become
Addicts Are Self-Created
Fountain of Strength
Sum of What We Do
Don't Hold an Addict's Hand
God Problem
Addiction Not An Excuse To Use
Why Alcoholics Hurt People
Absence of Self
Victim Is a State of Mind
Reject What Makes You an Addict
Care About Consequences
Multiple Voluntary Acts of Selfishness
Solution = Hard Work & Other-Centeredness
Human Responsibility
Losing Choice Is a Choice
Status Quo Denies Morals Under Guise of Disease Model
Addict = Child In Adult Body
Do Not Step in Its Path
Inner Peace
You Can't Change Anyone
Why Are We Celebrating Sobriety?
Twelve Steps = Path to God
Drugs Antithesis of Spiritual Life
Hell Hath No Fury...
Empty Mind = Fewer Problems
Repel What Pushed Us From God
Fabrication of Reasons Counter-Productive
Badge of Honor?
Everybody's Sad.
Slogan Recovery
Root of Our Problem Is Selfishness
New Age Nonsense
Addicts Employ False Solution
Achieving Sobriety Not an Accomplishment 2
Feel the 1st Step
Miracle Drug Is an Oxymoron
Do What You Don't Want to Do
Foundation of All Recovery Is Honesty
External Power Is an Illusion
Considerable Effort Into Becoming Addicts
Action, Not Time
Byproduct of Individual Change
Avoiding Triggers Is No Solution
Appropriate To Use Drugs?
Craving Drugs are Just Palcebos
Depression Doesn't Cause Drug Addiction
Dual-Diagnosis Is A Hoax
Don't Wait a Year to Take Steps
Effect, Not Cause
Effective Counselors Know Themselves
Failures Shit on Success
God Prayer
Helping Others Alters the World
I'm a Recovered Alcoholic, Sorry.
Just Don't Drink?
Mind, Not Body, Which Must Be Treated
Let Go Absolutely.
Knowing God vs Having God
More Drugs Don't Fix Drug Problem
Must Do List for Clueless Addicts
Mom, Dad, It's Your Fault
Praying Unselfishly
Nourish the Conscience
Physical Sobriety Alone Is Useless
One Spiritual Brick at a Time
Nature Knows Best
No Such Thing as Harm Reduction
No One Can Escape Karma.
No Grey Areas
No Such Thing as Drug-Assisted Recovery
Our Experience Isn't Novel
Of Course We Can Regain Choice.
No Such Thing as Missing Out
Pot = Guaranteed Relapse
Powerless = Humility
Pray For Those You Resent
Recovery Not a Function of Time
Our Very Problem.
Pre-Addict, It Is a Choice.
Purpose Problem Calls For Purpose
Relapse is NOT Part of Recovery
Resentments Blind Us
Reward Is Not Being an Addict
Selfishness Is Not Involuntary
Science Fails to Remove Insanity
Self Will for God's Will
Science & Kindness Do NOT Change Addicts
So Not Accept An Addict
Spirituality = Reality
Sobriety Not an Accomplishment
Subsidize Being Human?
Status Quo Treatment
That Source is God
Therapy & Drugs Is Not a Solution
Triggers & Reason = Flimsy Excuses
Triggers Don't Exist

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